Co-teaching & Collaboration

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Co-teaching Collaboration

• Mike Belfiglio
• Joe Clawson
• Tara Dudich
• Doug Muller
• Marnie Rotter
• Lyn Steeger

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What is co-teaching?

• Two or more educators providing instructions to
  students with varying abilities in the same
  physical area

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What is collaboration?

• The manner in which individuals work together to
  achieve a common goal
• What are the components of collaboration?
• equality
• voluntary
• shared decision making
• common goal

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Why Co-Teach?

• Meets educational needs of students with diverse
  needs
• Results in direct instructional and social
  benefits for students
• Provides another set of hands and eyes and lowers
  student-teacher ratio
• Expands professional expertise that can be
  directed to student needs

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3 Stages of Co-Teaching

• 1. Beginning Stage
• Guided, careful communication
• 2. Compromising Stage
• Give and take communication, with a sense of
  having to give up to get
• 3. Collaborating Stage
• Open communication and interaction, mutual
  admiration

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Personal Experiences with Co-Teaching???
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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 1. One Teaching, One Assisting

• One teacher has primary responsibility for
  designing and delivering specific instruction to
  the entire group.
• The second teacher supports the lead teacher
  either by observing designated students or by
  drifting through the classroom providing
  assistance to the students as needed

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 2. Station Teaching

• Class is divided into stations
• Co-teachers divide the instructional content and
  each takes responsibility for teaching part of it
• Students benefit from lower student-teacher ratio
• Students with disabilities may be integrated
  rather than singled out

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 3. Parallel Teaching

• Teachers jointly plan instruction but each
  delivers it to a heterogeneous group comprised of
  half the students
• Teachers must coordinate efforts so that both
  groups receive the same instruction and are
  grouped to maintain diversity

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 4. Alternative Teaching

• One teacher works with a small group to pre-teach
  or re-teach material that needs extra support
• Second teacher works with the larger group on
  content the smaller group can afford to miss
• Can also be used for enrichment for a group that
  has already mastered what the larger group is
  working on

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 5. Team Teaching

• Both teachers are responsible for planning and
  sharing instruction of all students
• Teachers may role play, debate, simulate, and
  model
• Requires that co-teachers are able to mesh their
  teaching styles

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 6. One Teaching, One Observing

• One teaches the whole class
• Second teacher observes to collect data on a
  single student, a group of students, or whole
  class for behaviors that both professionals have
  previously agreed to observe
• Good for Functional Behavior Assessments or for
  Child Study Teams

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6 Types of Co-Teaching

• 1. One Teaching, One Assisting
• 2. Station Teaching
• 3. Parallel Teaching
• 4. Alternative Teaching
• 5. Team Teaching
• 6. One Teaching, One Observing

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What are the pros cons of Co-Teaching?

• Pros
• Extra in-class support
• Differentiated instruction
• Inclusion of all students
• Varied teaching methods hold student interest
• More individualized attention for students
• More focus on student needs

• Cons
• Roles may not be clearly defined
• May involve extra planning
• Conflicts with personality or teaching style

Can you think of any more????
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Which Co-Teaching model(s) do Professor Daley and
Dr. Petroff use in our class?
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References

• Friend, M. Cook, L. (1996). Interactions
  Collaboration Skills for School Professionals.
  White Plains, NY Longman Publishers.
• Gately, S. Gately, F. (2001). Understanding
  Co-teaching Components. Teaching Exceptional
  Children, 33(4), 40-47.
• Murawski, W. Dieker, L. (2004). Tips and
  Strategies for Co-Teaching at the Secondary
  Level. Teaching Exceptional Children, 36(5),
  52-58.
• Wunder, M. Lindsey, C. (2004). The Ins, Outs of
  Co-Teaching. Innovations, April 2004.